Cresset /(kr?s"s?t)/

Cres·set

Cresset

n.
  1. An open frame or basket of iron, filled with combustible material, to be burned as a beacon; an open lamp or firrepan carried on a pole in nocturnal processions.
    Starry lamps and blazing cressets, fed With naphtha and asphaltus.
    As a cresset true that darts its length Of beamy luster from a tower of strength.
  2. A small furnace or iron cage to hold fire for charring the inside of a cask, and making the staves flexible. (Coopering)